Olive oil and lemon juice gallstone cleanse works!
May 29, 2011 - This post has been up since June 2008. I am amazed at the number of people who read it. There are several hundred page views every month. Please take the time to read the various comments after my post. In addition to some success stories, I have been diligent to put up comments from people who don't agree with my thinking and/or experience on this matter. My purpose in writing this was NOT to try to convince others to do what I did, but rather to share my experience. Anyway - since doing this I have not had any further issues with gallstones or pain (knock on wood, toss salt over my shoulder, etc. etc.).
I am not trying to replace a visit to the doctor, just sharing what I did and inviting others to share their experience - even when it does not line up with mine.
January 8, 2012 - the comments and readers keep coming. I thought I should mention one more thing. If you take the time to read all the comments you will find some variations on the recipe I followed. I mention this because some people have had a terrible time trying to swallow all of the olive oil. (It is NOT an easy task.) Maybe one of the other versions will work better for you if you cannot get yourself to swallow all the oil. For what it is worth, I have had no return of the symptoms that drove me to try this cleanse.
This getting old is tough stuff. I will turn fifty shortly and have enjoyed excellent health for the last several years. My birthday present to myself was a two-fold whammy of dis-ease. Gallstones and shingles!!
Started having gallstone symptoms a couple three weeks ago. We have health professionals in the family - son James is a paramedic and his wife Jessica is a pediatric nurse. They confirmed what we suspected about my discomfort being gall bladder problems.
So I googled gallstones in search of a natural remedy to the problem. Found several sites with suggested gall bladder cleansing methods most of which involved olive oil and lemon juice. Sign me up, dude because I sure do not want surgery. Let me say here that I told Julie (who was worried about me) that IF the cleanse failed to help that I would go into the doctors to see what they suggested.
The pain was getting very intense near the end of last week. Side note: great time for a double whammy - shingles have shown up on the right side of my body between my nipple and my waist. Ouch!
Because we are open 6 days a week I decided to do the cleanse on Saturday night so that I could deal with any lingering problems on Sunday when I do not have to be at the store. I picked a cleanse and followed the instructions. I did not eat anything after 12 noon and quit drinking fluids about a half hour before I started the cleanse.
My chosen cleanse involved drinking down 1/4 cup of olive oil followed by two tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice. You do this every 15-20 minutes until you swallow a pint of olive oil and the corresponding amount of lemon juice. I have to confess that I could NOT get the last bit of the olive oil down. I probably drank 12-13 ounces of it, but I could tell that I was gonna heave it up if I swallowed any more.
The whole time I am doing this I followed the suggestion to stay lying down on my right side. (Of course the shingles are on my right side, but that is another subject!) Watched a couple of movies. Went to bed around midnight. Woke up at 2 am and knew I had to go to the bathroom. What followed was tumultuous to say the least. Most sites suggest catching the resulting poop from the cleanse in a net in order to see the gallstones. I figured I could do without that bit of fun. However I will report that I saw lots of gallstones floating on the water between flushes - especially the last couple of flushes when what was coming out of my body was mostly liquid. They were greenish blue (like the websites said they would be) and they floated as promised. The biggest ones I saw were maybe like a pea. I probably saw 20-25, but as I mentioned I did not trap my waste in order to better inspect it for stones.
I also threw up very, very violently. Prior to throwing up I was drenched in sweat as I sat on the toilet. After I threw up I passed some more waste/fluid/yucky stuff and then brushed my teeth, washed my face and went out to lie on the couch and recover. I drank some water, had some more water and then had a bowl of cereal. Went to bed and when I got up later that morning all the gallstone problems and pain were gone. I hopped on our little tractor and mowed the lawn - trust me I would NOT have been able to do that prior to unloading the gallstones. It hurt to ride in the Mustang, there is no way I could have handled the slaming around and vibrations from mowing the lawn. I took the dog for a walk and when I saw a storm approaching we had to run to the house to beat the rain. While I could walk when I had gallstones (in fact, walking is a way to ease the pain which worked well for me) there was no way I did any running.
If I ever do another gallstone cleanse the only thing I would do differently would be during the day or so before the cleanse. I would probably clean myself out with an enema or something and probably start fasting 24 hours before the cleanse instead of eating breakfast and fasting from noon on.
Take it from me - the lemon juice/olive oil cleanse really, really works.
Here is one site: http://www.relfe.com/gall_stone_cleanse.html
I am not trying to replace a visit to the doctor, just sharing what I did and inviting others to share their experience - even when it does not line up with mine.
January 8, 2012 - the comments and readers keep coming. I thought I should mention one more thing. If you take the time to read all the comments you will find some variations on the recipe I followed. I mention this because some people have had a terrible time trying to swallow all of the olive oil. (It is NOT an easy task.) Maybe one of the other versions will work better for you if you cannot get yourself to swallow all the oil. For what it is worth, I have had no return of the symptoms that drove me to try this cleanse.
This getting old is tough stuff. I will turn fifty shortly and have enjoyed excellent health for the last several years. My birthday present to myself was a two-fold whammy of dis-ease. Gallstones and shingles!!
Started having gallstone symptoms a couple three weeks ago. We have health professionals in the family - son James is a paramedic and his wife Jessica is a pediatric nurse. They confirmed what we suspected about my discomfort being gall bladder problems.
So I googled gallstones in search of a natural remedy to the problem. Found several sites with suggested gall bladder cleansing methods most of which involved olive oil and lemon juice. Sign me up, dude because I sure do not want surgery. Let me say here that I told Julie (who was worried about me) that IF the cleanse failed to help that I would go into the doctors to see what they suggested.
The pain was getting very intense near the end of last week. Side note: great time for a double whammy - shingles have shown up on the right side of my body between my nipple and my waist. Ouch!
Because we are open 6 days a week I decided to do the cleanse on Saturday night so that I could deal with any lingering problems on Sunday when I do not have to be at the store. I picked a cleanse and followed the instructions. I did not eat anything after 12 noon and quit drinking fluids about a half hour before I started the cleanse.
My chosen cleanse involved drinking down 1/4 cup of olive oil followed by two tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice. You do this every 15-20 minutes until you swallow a pint of olive oil and the corresponding amount of lemon juice. I have to confess that I could NOT get the last bit of the olive oil down. I probably drank 12-13 ounces of it, but I could tell that I was gonna heave it up if I swallowed any more.
The whole time I am doing this I followed the suggestion to stay lying down on my right side. (Of course the shingles are on my right side, but that is another subject!) Watched a couple of movies. Went to bed around midnight. Woke up at 2 am and knew I had to go to the bathroom. What followed was tumultuous to say the least. Most sites suggest catching the resulting poop from the cleanse in a net in order to see the gallstones. I figured I could do without that bit of fun. However I will report that I saw lots of gallstones floating on the water between flushes - especially the last couple of flushes when what was coming out of my body was mostly liquid. They were greenish blue (like the websites said they would be) and they floated as promised. The biggest ones I saw were maybe like a pea. I probably saw 20-25, but as I mentioned I did not trap my waste in order to better inspect it for stones.
I also threw up very, very violently. Prior to throwing up I was drenched in sweat as I sat on the toilet. After I threw up I passed some more waste/fluid/yucky stuff and then brushed my teeth, washed my face and went out to lie on the couch and recover. I drank some water, had some more water and then had a bowl of cereal. Went to bed and when I got up later that morning all the gallstone problems and pain were gone. I hopped on our little tractor and mowed the lawn - trust me I would NOT have been able to do that prior to unloading the gallstones. It hurt to ride in the Mustang, there is no way I could have handled the slaming around and vibrations from mowing the lawn. I took the dog for a walk and when I saw a storm approaching we had to run to the house to beat the rain. While I could walk when I had gallstones (in fact, walking is a way to ease the pain which worked well for me) there was no way I did any running.
If I ever do another gallstone cleanse the only thing I would do differently would be during the day or so before the cleanse. I would probably clean myself out with an enema or something and probably start fasting 24 hours before the cleanse instead of eating breakfast and fasting from noon on.
Take it from me - the lemon juice/olive oil cleanse really, really works.
Here is one site: http://www.relfe.com/gall_stone_cleanse.html
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I am also suffering from Gallstone.
While surfing for the cleansing methods, (as mentioned by you and several other sites), I cams across following ...
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http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/5-16-2006-96343.asp
But, look at the facts. The tube between the gallbladder and the small intestine is called the bile duct. The end of the bile duct is the ampule of Vater. The final part of the bile duct goes through the pancreas and shares a small part of the tube with the duct from the pancreas.
The ampule of Vater normally has about the same diameter as a pencil lead. So, what do you think would happen if you make a gallstone start traveling down the bile duct? Well, if it is smaller in diameter than a pencil lead, it should pass through without any problem. But, would it be big enough to even notice in your stool? Hardly!
In fact, if you were successful in making a stone larger than that leave your gallbladder and enter the bile duct, you would immediately become very uncomfortable. The pain would start under your ribcage in front on the right - or sometimes in your back - and pass across to the other side under your ribs. The pain would typically also go to your back on the right and cause nausea as well.
But those that push the liver cleansing diet don't ever even mention any possible complications like that. In fact, there are even worse possible complications. If a stone became stuck at the ampule of Vater, the back pressure could also cause inflammation of the Pancreas. That would result in Pancreatitis - a very painful and potentially fatal condition. These people often need emergency surgery.
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Do you or any reader has any comments on this ??
After reading this , I am bit scared !!!!!!!!
Hope, you or any one else can throw some light here.
I also notice that this person refers to a "liver cleanse".
I can also tell you that since doing this cleanse several months ago I have had no further problems or pain.
Hope this helps.
Just wanted to know, if you have gone through medical checkup (ultrasound , x-ray etc) again after successful gallstone flush ?
If yes, what was the report ?
After treatment I saw no reason to go to the doctor. As you may have guessed, one of my goals in life is to avoid going to the doctor if at all possible. Not that I have anything against the medical community, but if I am able to use natural, homeopathic methods (as opposed to chemicals and/or surgery) then that is the road I prefer to take.
You should do what you are comfortable with. I do not recommend anyone take the path I am on unless they are comfortable with it. I just wanted to relate my experience with the lemon juice/olive oil method.
A friend told me a similar story and gave me the same website. So I drank apple juice for several days before then drank the olive oil and lemon juice. Like you I woke up at 3am and threw up violently. Then went back to bed, woke up at about 6am and passed the stones. I did want to see what was there and draped cheesecloth across the toilet, spritzed it down with some water and observed the nuggets. I told a friend of mine who is a gastroenterologist and he confirmed that what I had passed were gallstones. It does work!
Please share, what type of apple juice you drank ?
Was is of fresh apple (extracted fresh at home), or the bottled juice (available in market) ?
I was a little nervous about the idea of one lodging in a place it shouldn't, but I trusted God that he wouldn't allow that.
My ultrasound prior to the flush showed "sand" in my gall bladder and I met with a surgeon but called back to cancel after using a homeopathic tincture to soften the stone for easy passage for a week. I then drank as muck apple juice as I could stomach (fresh pressed and store bought) Mon- Fri. On Fri. I drank my last juice about 6 pm. I blended half a cup warm EV olive oil & half a cup grapefruit juice (Simply Fruit) and drank this. It was not as bad as I thought! Stir before you sip, though! I followed w/ anotherhalf cup of the oil and half cup of fresh lemon juice. I started drinking this at 7:30 then lied down on my rt side with my rt knee pulled to my chest for half an hour. I then had my husband bring in the baby who layed down w/ me and went to bed for the night. I woke around 2 am to vomit and had loose bowels, but didn't pass any stones until 6 ish.
***note:
I passed the Epsom salts part of the recipe because I am breastfeeding and a pharmicist was unsure of how the magnesium would affect my milk. So for about a week prior, I began eating All Bran cereal and had successfully increased bms.I think the salts mostly help move your bowels.
I plan on doing this several more times before going for my next ultrasound ;-)
Good Luck!
I'm curious if any one is able to share what they are using to soften the gallstones for passage? I'm very nervous about one lodging in the wrong place. Thanks!
Back in 2006 I was suffering from gallstones. I also had a suspicious polyp in my colon that had to be removed. When I had the ultrasound of the gallbladder, I could clearly see the stones - they settled first one way then the other. I went to a naturalpath who gave me the 'recipe' for 1/2 cup olive oil and 1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice. Taken just before bedtime with two cascara sagradas. I slept on my right side and I must say it was an interesting night. I could actually feel the olive oil moving through my system! I did not experience vomiting. The next day I passed gallstones. The physician who removed 10" of my colon because of the suspicious polyp simply did not believe that I had gotten rid of the stones and he really wanted to remove my gallbladder. I refused (never know when that gallbladder will come in handy).
Well, it's been three years and I have not had one moment of gall bladder problems!!
If I ever get the pains again, I will follow the steps above glady, rather than have surgery.
Nancy
I tried this last night i am 26m and I eat well and exercise but have been suffering from gallstones and was recomended for surgery but I have yet to get my appointment and I don't think i will do it now.
I drank a total of a cup of olive oil and about a cup of lime juice. I recomend only drink half cup of olive oil by small portions because I ended up vomiting oil in the morning. I only ate salad for breakfast the day of. and then I started drinking the stuff about 8pm then 12 I eliminated the salad then two bowel movements later I started eliminating stones. I passed about 200 of them. I recomend hydrating well two days prior! also I examined a gallstone this morning and was rinsing it with water outside and I noticed WORMS! attached to it and they were moving very small clear white worms attached to the gallstone. I have parasites! I read somewhere that your body creates gallstones to encapsulate these parasites. and gallstones are symptoms of parasites. So now I am looking for a parasite cleanse. I can't believe how ignored parasites are in American medical system. now I now that I have to rid the parasites not rid of my gallbladder through surgery!
Parasites! man! parasites!
I wish I could find the science part of it as to WHY it works... the oil combined with the citrus and lying on right side seems to force the stones out? It is a simple miracle, to find natural ways to heal. Praise God!
If you think about it, please let us know here what method you went with and how it worked for you. Your testimony can help others - as you can see there are several variations on the same theme with this method - I would be very interested to know how YOU go about dealing with your stones and how it works for you.
Thanks.
I finished the treated last night. I started around 7:00 p.m. I drank 1/2 cup of oil and two tablespoons of lemon juice. I did this every fifteen minutes. I couldn't finish the last 3 ounces. I knew I would throw up.
I did not throw up but I felt really nauseous. Around 11:00 P.M. I started voiding. Then around 1:00 when I voided it looked like green peas floating on top of the water. Everytime thereafter there were a lot of green peas on the top of the water.
I too didn't want to strain the stuff so I passed on that.
The thing I notice than no one has mentioned on this blog is the belching. I have had belching when I drink liquids since I have had trouble with the gallstones.
So this morning I am a bit dismayed because I am still having belching problems when I drink water. Does anyone have this?
I was hoping this would be gone.
Well I remain hopeful that as the day progresses that the belching will go away.
Thank you for all the information on this sight. Carol
Carol
I did take Nexium for a week. That really made me feel good but, I don't like taking medicine on a long term basis.
This is first day after the fast and the Olive oil and Lemon and I have a lot of belching. Sometimes the Olive Oil and Lemon flavor still come up and it's 2:00 p.m. my time.
I suppose I should check the acid reflex in more depth.
I am eating small meals, when did people go back to eating regular meals after the cleanse? Carol
It's very difficult for me to switch gears and finally realize that the belching was due to Acid Reflux rather than the gallbladder.
I have been in the hospital belching deeply and they told me it's the gallbladder. Have that out and everything will be "Jake".
I ran upstairs and took a Tagamet after I read the previous post and that helped a lot. All the air dissapeared, etc.
For some 30 years I have been having this belching problem and no one ever said, it was something else. Oh yes, the one time when I belching and they gave me Nexium. But that was the only time.
Well, thanks again for everyone's support. I am eating a bigger meal tonight. Carol
My question is "can someone take Cascara Sagradas everyday?"
I found that taking one at supper really helps my digestion a lot. I am a senior citizen. Carol
http://cliffsriffs.blogspot.com/2008/09/apple-cider-vinegar-acv-and-acid-reflux.html
Apple cider vinegar in water a couple times a day - especially if I drink it before I eat a lot of carbs (for me bread and nuts are a challenge - I LOVE toast and pretty much all kinds of nuts) and don't have problems.
Also, if my acid reflux acts up in the middle of the night or something, I take a little shot of the ACV in water and things calm right down.
Read this and think:
http://www.vegsource.com/klaper/qa02.htm
"As all first-year chemistry students learn, when you combine a fat with an acid, the fat turns into soap - a classic saponification reaction. The "broken up gallstones" in the feces are actually chips of olive oil soap, created in the intestine by the action of acid (the citric acid in the lemon juice) upon fat (the olive oil). To those unaware of the underlying chemistry, the appearance can look like a spectacular "cure," when it is merely an illusion of a "gallbladder cleanse." (Incidentally, this is probably where the term "snake oil" got its reputation, as this stunt has been employed by patent medicine purveyors since days of old. The "snake oil" that "broke up the gallstones" was really olive or similar oil - and those who perpetrated this "soapy" ruse were justifiably labeled "snake oil salesmen.")"
Nope - I did not confirm with an ultrasound. I didn't have an ultrasound to begin with. My symptoms were diagnosed by son and daughter in law (paramedic and ER nurse respectively).
I remain symptom free to this day - so if it was indeed "Snake Oil", then that is cool with me, because it worked.
Well the only obvious answer i can imagine is that the huge intake of oil triggers the system to pump bile into the intestine and in the process it might push out some of the stones. So he green stuff floating after the flush is olive oil. It is also possible that the stones if large enough could block the bile duct.
It worked for me - no matter how much you want to explain it away and prove that it cannot work.
Might I ask - What brought you to this subject on my blog Bhavi?
Dear Cliff,
I'm thinking about trying the olive oil and lemon juice cleanse tonight. I wanted to ask you if you drank apple juice for a couple days before doing the cleanse or did you go right in the olive oil and lemon juice. I've been drinking some fresh apple juice off and on today but didn't know if that would be enough time before doing the cleanse?
How did things turn out for you?
I am Justin and come from China. I also have the gall stone problem. I tried this treatment(Olive oil and Lemon juice) and the gall stone still exist confirmed by ultrasound.
In china, some persons are success and some persons are fail with this treatment. But i believe this treatment is the best way to treat the gall stone. Because I fell better after done this treatment.
So i will try again untill cleanse these gall stones.
Sorry, My english is poor.
have recently been diagnosed with 2 large gallstones and not keen on surgery. Naturally I'm also worried about the possibility of doing the flush and having gallstones get in my bile ducts. I'd appreciate any info from anyone whose gallstones were discovered via ultrasound (please include the size/s of your gallstones,) did the flush and it was determined (via another ultrasound)that the gallstones were no longer there.
I've read about the pros and cons of both surgery and the flush...not an easy decision at all
Last month I had to rush for an emergancy operation due to severe pain due to gall stones...
I was operated to remove 7 nos of stones (approx 12 mm in size)
Our daughter is a nurse & thought it might be a problem with my gallbladder, given my symptoms. Started doing some internet research & found several variations of the olive oil/lemon cleanse, softening things up first with pectin (apple juice). Had a Dr. appt. set up, with an ultrasound first, which showed an inflamed gallbladder with lots of sludge & a large 16mm gallstone. She suggested having it out, since it was an unhappy little sucker, but said she had heard of some success w/pectin.
Didn't want to remove any important body parts, & figured I had nothing to lose but my gallbladder, so opted for the apple juice. Drank lots & ate apples for about 2 weeks to soften things up. Cleanse day I stopped eating at noon, then did a couple of doses of epsom salts in the evening about 2 hrs apart, then 1/2 cup of olive oil mixed with 1/2 cup of fresh squeezed lime juice, followed by another quick shot of the same another hour or so later. Blending the 2 makes the oil more palatable. Lying on the right side helps the oil mixture to move out of the stomach quickly. Expect oily belching till everything has move through.
The epsom salts are just a laxative to clean out the digestive tract - don't think it has anything to do with the gallbladder, though some think it helps dilate the bile duct. The fats in the olive oil stimulate the gallbladder to contract & expel bile & (hopefully) gallstones.
I didn't vomit, but didn't feel real great. By morning the epsom salts had done their work & I started passing stones - most green cholesterol, but some pigmented as well - anywhere from sand grain size to one about the size of the end of my little finger. Probably passed 60-70 of them. They were not hard, but soft like putty, & I had no pain passing them. No problems since, even with rich food over the Christmas holidays.
Doc had me go for another ultrasound about 2 weeks ago as a follow-up. The large stone is still there, but the sludge & smaller stones are gone & the gallbladder walls are much more normal, indicating little, if any, inflammation.
I plan to continue the apple juice & routine cleanses to try to soften & break up the big stone. My dr. is comfortable with that & is recommending the cleanse to her patients.
I also plan to send an invoice to the insurance co. for half of the money I saved them on the gallbladder operation! Any bets on whether I'll collect?
It is well worth the effort. All you have to lose is your gallbladder anyway. I would recommend an ultrasound first to see if there may be any more pressing problems/issues to deal with. Not sure it's something I would recommend for someone with very large stones, though the large stone I have may just be there for years (probably has already) without problem. Usually it's the little ones that get stuck & give problems.
Otto, the long-winded, from Idaho.
Otto, from Idaho
http://www.healthtruthrevealed.com/articles/08053033111/article
I drink kefir almost everyday and a friend of mine began drinking it too and she finds it helps with her digestion, burping and gerd.
She also drinks the Cangest powder tea which I do when my gallbladder starts "pinging" me. she found it stopped her pain from her gallbladder in about half an hour.
There is also an herb for "breaking stones" called Chanca Piedra. Read about it at Rain-tree.com
Amy
Recently I've been diagnosed with acid reflux, as the years go on..it tends to get worse and worse. I've been to the e.r. about 3 times in the last 3 months. Come to find out..on the last visit...they finally did an ultrasound and i have 6 gallstones. Acid reflux and gallstones tend to have similar symptoms.... I was very upset to know that an ultrasound wasnt done the first 2 times i went to the hospital. Could have saved time, trouble, pain, and money. All the doctors say the gall bladder needs to be removed. Needless to say, why would I have an organ that i dont need?...ive read online about the olive oil cleanse several times. Its worth a try..I did have the ultrasound before hand. So i will start with the apple juice tomorrow and do the cleanse this weekend....I will be back with details...:)
anonymous girl
I always feel better and the pain in my lower right rib goes away... When I passed the large one I had pain along the liver meridan in my shoulder which passed once the stone moved through. If you want more data from me I can share details.
Should I try cleanse in order to save my organ.
pls revert if anyone has managed to get rid of large stones with the help of this treatment.
i figure give the technique a shot, there's nothing to lose except a few dollars on ingredients. I have my whole family trying this tonight since they were very surprised with the results as well, and happy to see me drinking coffee without keeling over after! lol
thanks cliff for the inspiration. Ill continue to do the cleanse every so often to make sure i stay pain free........
anonymous girl.. :)
does anyone know if the cleanse is still working?
If your gall bladder has been removed, how could you be having pains? Have you seen a doctor to explain and/or diagnose what is going on?
BTW - for the record, I have not had any return of symptoms or pain.
And I must say that I am into as much alternative medicine as I can be but when I find something that I know is dangerous I have to say something
Thanks.
This is not what I saw. I observed rounded greenish/bluish pellets.
Rather than argue about the point, all I can say is that since doing the flush I have not had any symptoms or pain.
If you look it up, it's actually a fat and a base that create soap. The fat itself contains an acid! "The type of acid used to make soap is a fatty acid, either from animal fat or vegetable oil. The alkali used to cause the chemical reaction with the fatty acids is either made from potash (lye water) or sodium hydroxide."
I think this recipe is worth a try since we have determined it DOESN'T make soap!!
Great news - glad things worked for the best.
She has done two cleanses with literally hundreds of stones being passed, ranging in size from ~15mm diameter down to gravel, and she says she only collected about 20% of what were there..
A follow up Ultrasound shows that her gall bladder is still full of stone - no change according to the report. What did she pass, and where did they come from?
Seems to be a great cleanse, but not gall stones???
Ika, Perth WA
I can see slamming one's system with a cup of olive oil would be tantamount to opening up all four barrels on the old carb and blowing the carbon off the valves as it were.
However, why the lemon juice? I'm thinking its superstition. Any volunteers to try a cleanse sans acid and report back? Do it for science! Please. So I don't have to. :-)
from hip to toe has stopped, my allergy also stopped, the pain on my right nape went away.my vomitting and nausea has also stopped.I've read that I shoul do the cleansing at least every 2 months or until I've suspected 2000 stones have been cleansed. I haven't done it again afterwards. I feel a bit of nausea once in a while. And my nape begins discomfort again so I'm way to go and do it again because it really works for me. But remember, gallstones won't stop filling up our gallbladders as long as we eat because they were being formed because of the fats and oil produced. Then we have to really cleanse them as part of our body maintenance. My friend who had a surgey, he let his gallbladder removed complains he still feels pain. And I told him because stones won't stop coming back.now what he has to take care now is his pancreas because his gallbladder is gone to protect it. But aft
er the cleansing, I will have my ultrasound again to make sure if what I have is a stone or a polyp. If it's a polyp, the doctor said I have to undergo Laparascopy. So better have your gallbladder checked.
A friend of mine who suffered from lie-long eczema and oral herpes recently told me that she was cleansing her gallbladder and that, after 4 cleanses, her eczema and herpes were greatly improved. I could see the improvement in her skin myself. I am physically healthy but have been feeling run down lately and so thought to try this myself. She recommended this book which answers most of the questions I've seen people asking on this blog about the science behind the cleanse and ways to avoid vomiting and discomfort.
The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse by Andreas Moritz
I just did the cleanse for the first time last night. I've opted against "catching" anything and have not seen any "floaters" but Mr. Moritz explains that it healthier people may have smaller stones and require 2 or 3 cleanses to start seeing results. Those of you who have been seeing stones must repeat the cleanse at 3 week intervals until there are no more stones present.
Please, if you have any more questions, look to Mr. Moritz's book.
Good Luck and Good Health!
I'm not selling anything and I don't even know from first hand experience if this process is successful, however my friend has had her stones analyzed and was told that they were gallstones. But regardless, please don't give to much credence to an author who admits he hasn't done his homework. Don't subject yourself to surgery on such an obviously emotional position as Dr. McCluskey.
I will do a few more in the next few weeks before my next ultra sound to see if the stones reduced. Am also taking apple cider vinegar and apple juice daily for 3 weeks.
Let's see what happens.
When people say they repeat the flush until no stones com out - do they mean no more green stones or the hard black stones?
-Kiki
Do as much research as you can and then do what seems right for your situation.
Kind regards!
Trish
Id like to share my story about this method... i have to say it happened a few years ago now - but still to this day id like to learn more about it.
I tried the above method, apple juice, lime juice and olive oil. A lot of little green emerald stones passed through and yes they are waxy and certainly a lot more than i expected.
A short while afterwards, about 24 hours after drinking the olive oil, i felt a sharp pain in my appendix region. I suspected a stone must have been lodged, so i proceeded to drink more apple and lemon, and go for a second run.
2 days later and i went into shock, i went to hospital which was in bangkok, and the untrained doctors gave me antibiotics and said it was a stomach infection.
24 hours later and i was on deaths door. Luckily a friend took me to another hospital where they immediately diagnosed me with a ruptured appendix (ruptured for 3 days) it was removed and i recovered. But always affected by such an event.
Whilst im not against the above method, im still not sure if the stones were real as some have said it could be a reaction of the bile ducts and lemon and olive oil making these green nuggets.
whatever the reasons, i feel my story is appropriate in helping others decide. maybe i was unlucky... but to this day this remedy haunts me. i never had any appendicitus before this either.
I am a little confused - were you having gallstone related problems before you tried the cleanse?
As per previous posts I have gall stones and had pancreasitis.
I tried the flush 4 times (many green stones came out) and have tried 3 coffee enema's where green bile came out with the stool and coffee. All meanwhile on a low fat, ultra healthy diet..drnking apple cider vinegar etc, lots of water etc.
I had another ultra sound yesterday and the operator who did it and looked my ultra sound pics from 6 weeks ago said there was no reduction in stones at all.
I conclude that the treatments, including the liver flush does not work...I wish it did!
So glad to hear that so many people have benefited from this cleanse. This will be the 4th time I am using this method, so far, over 4 years , I must have passed about 100 stones, usually green and waxy. I am only 39 years old, but it seems to run in the family. After a cleanse, I am ok for about a year or so, but I refuse to have my gall bladder out. Many people are quick to dismiss all this as hocus-pocus but they have not been given a cholechocystitis diagnosis at the age of 35 and told they need to have their gall bladder taken out.
Hold on to your gall bladder, it's there for a reason and do your research before committing to a decision about an op.
Thanks and all the best to your readers,
Kell
That's the backstory for anyone who's going through something similar. So I finally built up the courage and did the flush with apple juice, although I ended up unable to complete the apple part and ate some vegetables about 6 hours before the flush. Probably a bad idea because I ended up puking a lot. Anyways I prepared using the herb treatment on sensiblehealth.com, from which I did notice a slight improvement in my indigestion but many of my symptoms were unaffected by the herbs alone (fatigue, pain in upper right hand quadrant, belching, headaches, pain along the gallbladder meridian and severe tightness in my neck, plus severe allergies every day for months on end).
So in the week following the flush, I somehow found the energy to work out. I also went nearly vegan, so I'm not sure which of the factors caused which of the improvements. But in any case I ended up with tons more energy, almost no pain in my neck/shoulder/head, almost disappeared allergies, and I finally started shedding some extra weight that I had gained when my stomach problems had become really bad, I have had IBS for over 20 years, and generally just eating much better and not as sensitive to many foods like wheat and sugar. Definitely worth the night of vomiting.
The stones that came out were mostly black with maybe a very faint tinge of dark green. Other stones were tan and white. No bright green or pea green stones. So I don't know how the soap stone folk can explain that one, since the "study" that discussed the soap stone phenomenon said that it explained the bright green stones. What about all of the other ones in different colors??
So anyways, I had been considering doing the flush again, about 2 months later, because I could feel some of the symptoms creeping back and I'm getting ready to travel for an extended period of time. Reading the stories here has given me the confidence--I realize how much better I have gotten after the first flush (sometimes you don't realize until you are reminded just how bad it was). So I just took the olive oil-lemon juice mixture, although I couldn't quite finish it (also have a hernia that can kick back some of the acid), and now waiting for the nausea.
All that said, completely and totally worth it. Is it scientifically irrefutable? Apparently not. But it makes my pain and associated pains remarkably better. And that's good enough for me.
I followed a similar receipe and woke up about 3 in the morning feeling like I would vomit, Instead I passed about 25 small green like stones.
I passed more later and kept one large one and I am going to
have a chemist give me the chemical make up of this stone and I will post the results when I find out.
Sorry. I started this subject to relate my experience and to open it up for dicussion - I am not attempting to steer anyone in any particular direction nor would I suggest any course of action.
Kate from Victoria, Australia here! I read your blog and all the comments the other night (Monday) while I was in the middle of my cleanse!
I had to lay still for 20 minutes and let the grapefruit juice olive oil concoction work it's magic... trying to read all the posts on my iPhone made the wait easy-peesy!
Cliff - so glad that you have been symptom free since your cleanse 3 years ago! I hope I have the same story to tell in 3 years time. Thanks for sharing your story.
I have to say that my own cleanse was close to one of the most unpleasant nights I've ever spent, but boy I can now say that it was worth it!
I managed to avoid vomiting, not sure how, because I felt like it almost all night. In the morning the runs started, but since I had appointments to keep, I just had to hope that I could remain composed until I had opportunities to get to the toilet quickly... which I think I did fairly successfully.
I passed the bulk of the stones at about 10am Tuesday. They looked alot like medium sized broad beans to me - quite a brilliant green. I kept on having diarhhea all day. And more stones came out each time, not as big as that first lot. Interestingly, today (Wednesday) I had to go to work, and I still had diarhhea a few times and MORE STONES and SLUDGE (which I read on another website can also cause GB problems).
So, needless to say, today I am feeling GREAT! More energy already, and not feeling as queasy after food...
My husband has seen the good outcome and determined to try it now... as his father had his GB out. They say it can be hereditary.
The worst part for me was the epsom salt solution - just vile! but no apple juice in the cleanse I did - that sounds so much more pleasant to me! so I will have to do my research.
From the amount of stones I have passed, I can only assume that my gall bladder was chock full of the little blighters, as it's not a very big organ. Someone said on a previous post that the cleanse should be repeated... I don't imagine it would hurt, but if it took me 38 years to develop a problem, then I can probably wait a while before I repeat the cleanse...
All the best everyone! Happy Gall Bladders!
regards, Kate
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Good luck.
When I went through the process, I had not been experiencing any pain. I merely did it as a maintenace precaution. Besides the nasty gag reflex that was triggered daily while drinking, I had no discomfort of any kind throughout the week....until the seventh day. Shortly after the second dose on the seventh day I began to cramp up as if I were giving birth; I couldn't even make it to the bathroom. I squated in my bedroom and passed the waste (which was absolutely void of any feces) into my hand. When I looked I was absolutely shocked. I, literally, had a handful of small green pea-sized pellets which I quickly discarded. Within minutes, I was my old self and went about my business.
I bring this up because I am now sixty and have been experiencing tremendous pain in the kidney area and was looking for a reminder on how to administer this remedy along with the actual formula. So, after twenty years, I'm ready to do it again.....thx....ty
The doctor suggested surgery but like everyone else here, I don't want to undergo any operation. Instead, I followed what my friend told me to do. I ate 4-5 apples (or apple juice as replacement) everyday and that's for 5 days. On the 6th day,I had no dinner. I dissolved an epsom salt in a warm water and drank it @ 6pm and repeated the procedure @ 8pm. At 10pm, I had a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice. The next day. I excreted only 3 peices of pea look alike stones. I immediately go to the hospital to check if the stone was still there and I was amazed because from 1.70cm, it became 1.15cm that time. That practically means that the procedure was effective! But the problem is, the doctor said I really need to undergo surgery since my ducts are already dilated. It was remarked in my ultrasound that I need ERCP asap. But then again, I ran out of the hospital crying for confusion. I kept asking myself, why do they insist I need operation when I no longer feel anything bad at all? There had been no pain since the day I was confined. Actually, it was TRAMADOL the first doctor gave me that made me very sick and not my stones. One friend doctor of mine told me that TRAMADOL should only be given if there's a severe pain but I haven't felt anything since then.
Again, I opted not to undergo surgery. I did researches until one friend recommended one alternative doctor. I immediately went in his clinic and there, he told me the reason why my ducts were dilated in the ultrasound result was because of the epsom salt. But sad to say, the epsom salt that was available in our country was not the same salt I should have taken. He presented me the difference betwee the epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) and magnesium citrate which is the one that I actually needed. Magnesium sulfate was for gardening purposes. I was surprised but thank God, there were no side effects. The doctor said the apples I took smoothened my stones but there's no way I could excrete it because the ducts' opening was so small. But the good news is he had given me laxative and dilator. Laxative would make me excrete everything I needed to and dilator would dilate the ducts for the stones to pass through.
After taking laxative and dilator, there's also a need to take olive oil which can be mixed with any type of juice you desire. I swear, this is the most difficult part of the procedure.
For now, I am just on the 3rd day and I will do this procedure for another 7x more. I promise to update you after my 3rd time ultrasound. Goodluck to myself! LOL...
My name is John from LI. after weeks of pain , MRIs and barium shakes my doctor said i needed gallbladder removed . I read stories of people still having probs after removal . like constant diarrhea . i did the lemon / evoo cleanse ( being quite cynical and doubtful) much to my utter amazement ...I passed at least 100!!! first they were in my poop and green then they were blackish blue and I have been fine since(KOW). That was March of 2010 . im 41 yrs old now my main prob now is drinkin/smokin lol any suggestions?
I have personally never done a gallbladder/liver flush. I have however done about 50-75 coffee enemas. And each time I get tons and tons of greenish stones floating in the toilet. They look EXACTLY the way gall stones look on photos. I also get reddish sludge floating as well. Hence, I get green stones without having consumed any olive oil or grapefruit juice. That just disproves that old argument that the stones are a result of merging fat and acid! /Maria
I will be doing my flush tonight and will post the results soon. Am hopefull of getting them out of my body and have been on a high fibrous diet for two weeks now which included 5 apples a day along with apple cider vineger.
I wanted to check on the epsom salt part, whether I should take magnesium sulphate or magnesium citrate ?
Do let me know soon..n Thanks for the great work and all the help..
Richa
Sorry to say that I have no experience with epsom salts, etc. In addition to that, I do not advise people in any way on this subject. My point in relating my experience was just that - here is what I did and the results. I have no intention of offering up advice to anyone. Good luck with your efforts and I hope you share your results with everyone here.
I am NOT trying to be a smart aleck, I just want it to be crystal clear that I am not offering up advice, just providing a place for an ongoing discussion.
This is Richa and think this is time for payback after learning from various sources on internet.I was diagnosed with a gall stone of 1.2 cm and had a pain in my left side of abdomen. Yep, know that the gall bladder is on right side but don't know how I had this momentarily pain at times on my left side.May be the reactive forces towards the gall bladder...I did this Liver flush after two weeks of high fibrous diet and on the day of flush included epsom salt, olive oil and lemon juice.I passed close to 20 pea size stone and numerous tiny ones with yellow colour and green colour. Am hopeful of getting a clear ultrasound now which I will be taking after one more flush on the coming weekend and will post those results too..But as of now am feeling really good and would be recommending this method to everyone.
Richa
Glad you are feeling better!
By the way, I always did my cleanse according to the correct phase of the moon.
I tried the cleanse yesterday but did not fast as I only read that bit after the cleanse lol, I started at
1 pm yesterday and forced myself to drink the olive oil and lemon juice mixture.
Last night around 6 pm I felt very ill nauseous but then slept for 2 hours , I then woke up to a rumbling in the stomach was on the toilet for about an hour rested for an hour and toilet again for another hour , I noticed the blue/green pellets I passed but was too ill to count them.
Went to bed last night really ill, woke up again around 3 am passed more, I woke up this morning like a new man with a spring in my step, went to the toilet again and passed some more and collected a sample .
I decided to phone the doctor to have the sample analysed but the doctor said there is no way to test the sample , so he recommended I have blood tests instead,
Im of to do these now and will take about a week for the results, I will post back when I get the results.
I have to say I still feel great
Thanks
Sean
The combination of the two must make the sucker squeeze...hard. You pass stones, albeit painfully.
I doubt the large green things are actually gallstones, but at the center of each may be a gallstone, surrounded by oil that has been turned into a kind of a soap by the bile. I wonder if anybody has actually looked inside the pellets to see if there are stones inside. They're generally very tiny and not all of them are like gravel, some are softer, made up of cholesterol rather than calcium.
Anyway, I'm having moderate problems myself with gallstones, I may try the cleanse soon, because even with diet, exercise and pills, it isn't getting any better for me.
By the way, the first time I did the cleanse was 10 years ago. I know that the cleanse works because I had a before and after ultra sound. Before, lots of stones, after, no stones. Simple as that.
Oh yeah, just for anyone out there who is contemplating doing the cleanse, I figured out a great way to down the olive oil that is much less offensive. Unless you have a feeding tube, this is the best way to do it. Take a mouthful of olive oil and before you swallow it add some of the lemon juice to your mouth from another cup. The lemon juice will flow under the oil and coat your tongue. When you swallow, it will seem like you're swallowing a mouthful of lemon juice. Far easier than tasting the oil.
Funny how just the thought of swallowing a mouthful of oive oil two days after the cleanse makes me feel nauseated all over again. But heck, it beats surgery hands down. Oh yeah!
NU, India
lemon juice that it's the oil found in fecal matter but they're wrong!!!
I fasted & there is NO way the little green objects I found today are oil NONE!!!
My pain is 90% gone as is the bloating. Once this becomes well known it's gonna decrease gastro's incomes by a few hundred thousand.
I'm curious as to whether anyone has had intense pain just under the diaphragm??? I thought it was gas and did a coffee enema (two, actually) and that finally brought me some relief. But I was curled up on the bed in so much pain, I'm wondering what other symptoms other people have experienced.
For the skeptics out there, I will say from experience that this same recipe is used to remove kidney stones. Believe it. It works. I worked for several years in a chiropractic office where MANY patients had come in diagnosed with kidney stones. The doctor for whom I worked would give the patient the recipe and those who actually used it said they had success. Some even brought in their stones. Major yuck factor. :)
I have an appointment with my naturopath tomorrow and will see what she says. Thanks for listening!
mix the olive oil with hand squeezed pink grapefruit juice (strain out pulp & seeds). Much easier to get down this way!
Now for my story ... which is still ongoing.
I started to have attacks last July and eventually had an ultrasound done in August. I have numerous stones 1 cm in size and, like many who have posted here, was told that I need surgery to remove the gallbladder. I had surgery booked for early October and then cancelled in order to try the gallbladder/liver cleanse I read about online. Between then and now I have done six separate cleanses & each time have gotten rid of many many stones. I will keep doing the cleanses until I get no more stones. I have read that it is best to continue until no more stones are expelled. This is the procedure I follow:
Each time I eat a small breakfast and drink plenty of fluids but STOP drinking at 2:00 pm the day of the cleanse. I have read that eating or drinking after this is responsible for the nausea and vomiting that some people experience.
At 6:00 pm & then again at 8:00 pm I drink 3/4 cup of water mixed with 1 tablespoon of epsom salts. These 2 doses of epsom salts and water usually will trigger my bowels to empty but if nothing happens I have given myself a fleet enema to get things started ... & that usually works. At 10:00 pm I drink 1/2 cup of grapefruit or lemon juice mixed with 3/4 cup of cold pressed extra virgin olive oil (organic if possible). I immediately lie down on right side and stay still for 20 minutes. Then I may roll over and go to sleep until morning. The first few times I did the cleanse I took 2 more epsom salts doses the next morning at 6:00 am & 8:00 am. Around mid morning the evacuation of many many green floaters began. I would say I have passed at least 400 of the green floating kind of stones in total. I have not opted to collect the stones so have no idea if the heavier calcified stones from the gallbladder have come out too. I hope so. From the online reading I've done, I understand that the majority of the bright green waxy stones that float are likely coming from the liver as well as the gallbladder. I figure this must be so, because given the number of these stones that I have expelled it just wouldn't be possible for them all to have come from the small gallbladder organ. The liver is much larger, with many ducts & In have read can become clogged with these waxy green stones. (I have also read other articles that dispute this!)
I have a second gallbladder ultrasound booked for early march and will post here again when I get the results. In the meantime I will continue with the olive oil/juice cleanses. I am also going to take some herbs that are supposed to help the calcified stones visible in my gallbladder ultrasound break up. Will post again in a few months. I really have appreciated reading what everyone here has posted. It's comforting to know that others out there are on a similar journey.
Janet
I wanted to add some things that will help, in my opinion, and the first is "a heating pay". If you are in pain put a heating pad to the area below the right rib cage. This will help loosen the bile and allow it to flow.
Amazon.com sells olive oil in 1000mg tablets for $18.00 for 100 pills. This should be an easier way to take the oil.
I have a peppermint hard candy that I keep handy and after downing one treatment I put the candy in my mouth for a few seconds to take the taste away.
Good luck to all of you, I wish you all the best. Carol
My first trip to the bathroom was not until 10:30 am but yielded about 30 gallstones that were mostly larger than a large green pea, some about the size of a dime. I am not counting the very small ones.
Each new trip to the bathroom produces more, somethimes many and sometimes only a very few.
I am doing this flush because I've had gallstone symptoms off and on, but no attacks. I have Hashimoto Hypothyroidism and have read that this condition makes it likely for a person to develop gallstones. I'm hoping to avoid a future, full blown gallbladder attack by doing this flush.
Here's what I did:
8:00 am Drank Coffee and ate baked potato chips, not my usual breakfast (I am super health conscious and can't believe I ate chips, even if they were baked, real potatoes), but I was rushing to the doctor for a physical. I am healthy, so no reason not to proceed with this flush!
11:0am Last meal of the day: I had Progresso italian wedding soup, no special reason, just all seemed soft enough/not to hurt if I did have vomiting during the process later in the evening.
Afternoon: drank apple juice and carrot juice throughout the afternoon. I had a HORRIBLE headache...not sure if it is related to the apple and carrot juices breaking down the stones already or if it was something else. Also, I was nauseous, but this happens to me when I've had bad headaches. I suspect the carrot juice, because I felt sick thinking about the carrot juice all through the night(but initially really liked the taste)
6:00pm ate a small container of greek yogurt
7:00pm drank 3 teaspoons of epson salt mixed into an 8oz glass of water. YUCK! Then squeezed the juice out of about 5 large lemons until I had 1/2cup of fresh lemon juice.
8:00pm mixed the lemon juice with a 8.5 oz of extra virgin olive (Gem brand that was $2 at Walmart) DOWN the HATCH. Not gonna lie, I didn't measure, just drank about 1/4 of the mix which I had put in a quart jar with the lid on it so I could give it a hard shake to mix it up in between "doses." Use a straw to drink it down!!! So glad I saw this tip and used a straw myself!
8:00pm Went to bed and got comfy on my right side, knees pulled up in fetal position.
8:15pm another big couple of swigs...drank too much this time and threw some of it back up immediately.
8:30pm yep, another dose
8:45pm again with a couple big sips through the straw
9:00pm OK, couldn't do it! I finished half of my Extra Virgin Olive Oil and fresh squeezed lemon juice mix. In all, I got down about half of my oil and juice mixture.
Slept through the night for the most part, but woke up feeling nauseous and the headache had moved to right side over my eye, very intense.
Upon waking, no headache! No nausea either! To my surprise, no need to RUN to the toilet!
10:00am ate an orange and drank coffee
10:30am time to GO! But not the aweful, flu-like experience I expected, just a very watery bowel movement with lots of green gallstones floating on top! No pain at all passing the stones. They are squishy.
1:00pm I am going to have a healthy, but light lunch of homemade chicken and vegetables soup I made and canned last week.
Good luck to all who try this! Please make sure that you are healthy and get a physical first!
MY HEALTH STATS: 45 year old female, 5'4", 130lbs, normal blood sugar and cholesterol, have low thyroid: Hashimoto Hypothyroid disease.
I swear by this site and am so thankful that I found the cleansing information before I ever needed emergency gallbladder surgery. The surprising fact is that the average adult, having never experienced gallbladder pain, will complete the cleanse and pass up to 100 gallstones. The lesson - Don't plan on having a healthy glalbladder for llong if you live a traditional American lifestyle (coffee, artificial sweeteneers, fast food, chocolate, red meats, etc.)
Best of luck to all who try! I assure you it is the best thing I have ever done for my body.
I have a 14mm stone confirmed by ultrasound that has caused me daily intermittent pain for a yr and a half. I've been eating ultra-healthy and drinking fresh-pressed green apple juice for a week. Also taking liver/GB cleansing herbs for a few days now and just added magnesium malate to help soften the stone. I am planning to do the olive oil/lemon juice flush this coming Fri and Sat nights but am nervous about complications arising, like getting the stone lodged in the tubing or appendix bursting. It is great to find you all so I know I have company. I do not have a medical professional to support me through this so feel some trepidation, but also hopeful. I appreciate all your sharing and welcome words of encouragement. Thanks.
Andrea
The medical profession has already dropped the surgery bomb after initially ignoring the fact that I even have a stone(s). Will keep you posted (pun intended).
This all sounds inspiring to say the least.
I am 44 and have gained waist size of 10 inches inside 6 months.There has been a nagging pain in my upper right adbomen area and the doctors are flummoxed, I had a scan and nothing showed up except gas. Now my colonoscopy has been postponed indefinitely(British NHS !!!), and I am left to fend for myself.
do you recommend me this flush? if so I will perform immediately.
This situation for me is depressing.
Thank you.
I did this cleanse back in 2008-2009 and I had an Ultra-Sound before the cleanse and there where a lot of stones 2mm in size. I was given Ursodial and took that for awhile. Recently, having problems as I mentioned before with burping I had another Ultra-Sound to check the gallbladder. I am happy to say "they didn't find anything". I use Cliff's recipe for burping AC and water and that helps a lot. The doctor recommend I use Phazene an over the counter medication. So this does work, at least it did for me.
Had gallbladder out 3 months ago and still having upper right abdominal pain that radiates through to the middle back as well. Thinking that gall stone may be stuck in the common duct? Question, anyone completed the cleanse after having gall bladder removed? Your thoughts and experiences are greatly appreciated.
I did the flush. No prep, just downed 1/4 cup olive oil with 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice. I did it at 1pm as Ididntwantto beep all night. By 10pm I passed everything in my bowels and then the stones. Mine were mostly yellow. Some green that floated. Afterwards I felt great like I had won the lottery.
That was a week ago. Since the flush my hip pain, neck pain, and shoulder pain and all gone. I thought those pains on murky twice were from a car accident. But they vanished after the flush.
I also read above that someone had a liver spot on their cheek that faded. I too have a spot like that. Would be great if it disappeared.
I admit I have had fevers on and off since the flush. Low grade ones that do feel bad, just aim sweating for no reason. This could be unrelated. I am 39 years old, female.
Hope to check back in later,
Leanne
"Healing with whole foods" by Paul Pitchford
I have been doing this cleanse (Dr. Hulda Clark's) once a year for the last three years after I too, developed symptoms of gallbladder trouble and numerous members of my family had their gallbladders removed (some with very terrible results). The first year, I got a significant number of green and tan stones out, followed by the smaller "crystal" stones. I have repeated the process every year with fewer and fewer stones each time. I have been very pleased with the results. No more gallbladder symptoms.
I would like to let some of the readers know that not everyone has these issues. After my first success with this, my mom tried it, even though she has never had any issues at all with her gallbladder. She did not have any gallstones. If you don't have the symptoms of gallbladder trouble, don't bother with this.
Before I tried this cleanse, my feeling was that the worst thing that could happen was that I lost a few pounds, and flushed out my system. But I know that this is what has been keeping the gallstones in check.
I thank you, Cliff for continuing this post. I am happy to report that it was a success for me too!
I have delivered baby 15days back (cesarian)and suddenly last week i developed a severe pain below my chest which i mistook for indigestion .Ultrasound report confirmed it to be gallstones.I m diagnosed with gall bladder stone measuring approx 35 mm ,which may be a single large or multiple small calculi stuck together ,also there is liver enlargement with small calcification in right lobe .The doctor has suggested surgery for gall bladder removal after 3 months .I do not want to undergo a surgery.
How safe is it to try olive oil & lemon juice cleansing method.How soon can i try this
I apparently have had these symptoms for years, maybe since my 20s and now in my 40s. I went for a physical and my panels were high and I had an episode recently which is what made me decide to seek out a doctor's opinion. I did a saltwater cleanse a over July 4th weekend and it helped a lot and started eating better - one meal a day as I wanted but the rest of the day I would freshly juice vegetables - cucumbers, lettuce, kale, celery - mostly for the rest of the meals and throughout the day, lost 20 pounds in a few weeks but also have more energy and my workouts and running are much more explosive. Then I had the physical and the doctor thinks I should have my gallbladder out. I decided while watching the Olympics Friday night to just do a saltwater flush on a whim at around 7:00 p.m. a couple of hours later, I decided to pour a glass of about 8 oz. of virgin olive oil (that was what was left in the bottle I have at home) and some lemon juice according to one post like a chaser. I did not have any issue with the consistency or taste of olive oil. I actually liked it. Slept on my right side while watching the swimming finals (Phelps did well). I fell asleep and woke at 3:00 a.m. and some of the oil came up. I'd hardly say I threw up but more regurgitated a bit and it had a little blood stream in it which I understand may have been a bit of bile with something stuck. I can't remember but I read something about it along the way. Then I fell asleep. I was constipated and did another saltwater cleanse around 6:30 am. I expelled a lot around 10:00 a.m. Went out to do a couple of errands when I felt I was going to have a repreive from feeling bad and my friend the toilet. Then I came home, more Olympics but mostly stayed in bed, fell asleep for a few hours and felt a bit queezy and a little bit of softness and pressure/hurting around where my gallbladder is but mosly around the right side back. I went to a party and ate normally and felt some pressure but managed to stay for about 4 hours, went home, had a bowel movement. Fell asleep to the Olympics, woke up a couple of times with fairly intense gass but slept well ultimately. I did not feel up to snuff all day yesterday but better late in the evening but still drained. Thien, I woke up this morning and no symptoms, no tenderness. I feel better than I have around my front and back right side in a long time. I need to have an ultrasound probably this week and I hope it shows a surprise that it's clean. I was a bit concerned doing this but it's done something postive. Thanks. Cliff
for 3 days: fast as much as possible. You can eat apples, pears, steamed white fish, steamed vegetables with sea salt. You can use red pepper and garlic. no black pepper, butter or oils.
*Drink 1 qt.(32 oz) of unfiltered apple juice each day.
*Take 5 hydrangea root capsules 3 times daily.
*The evening of the third day drink the following: 1/2 c. virgin olive oil 1/2 c. fresh lemon juice or pink grapefruit juice (the olive oil and juice can be mixed together) 3 tsp. of epson salt in 3/4 c. of room temperature water.
*go to bed and sleep on your right side ALL NIGHT LONG.
A dr. gave me this. Going to try it starting tomorrow! I pray it works for me.
http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/flushes.html
I was exploring the internet this morning after injesting last night what seemed like an inordinate amount of olive oil and lemon juice (1/2 cup of each - shudder). Judging by the above comments, I can see I'm not alone.
A little over a week ago, my husband took me to the E.R. with what seemed to be appendicitis. Well, after spending three days hospitalized and experiencing the biggest three ring circus ever, I finally got them to send me home (you can read my story here: http://therohmansroad.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/the-fun-never-ends/)
Still sick, still in pain (with pain I had had for years, with no diagnosis despite nuclear imaging tests for the gall bladder, CT scans, ad nauseum), I decided to make my tried and true bone broth to try to heal what was ailing me. After consuming two bowls of the broth (which is very fatty), I had to 'sprint for it'. Imagine my suprise when checking my stools for blood or worms or ANYTHING, I think to myself, "I don't remember eating any peas. In fact, I haven't had anything green since the day before going to the hospital." And then realization dawned: gallstones! The bone broth had aided their expulsion.
Still in some pain, I chose to do the cleanse. I fasted for 24 hours drinking only Simply Apple, then wound that up with a Simply Apple and epsom salt chaser. Two hours later I did the olive oil/lemon juice thing. Oh, boy. I then laid on my right side despite bad shoulder pain (another gallstone sign) and tried my best to sleep. So far so good this morning. I am praying the rest of those buggers get out of my body.
I am also going to do some maintenance by taking a special herbal mix containg dandelion root which keeps the liver and biliary organs clean.
Anyway, that is my story. And I appreciate the lighthearted spin on yours. What a topic!
~Jaime
Please let us know how everything works out for you.
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=413022#i
This posts pictures of the green stones produced by an olive oil flush and gallstones removed from the same patient via surgery, and they look quite different. Though I suppose there could be explanations for that. In fact the first time I did the flush I did not pass any "stones", just a lot of frogspawn-like stuff, which my naturopath said was fatty desposits from my liver, but the second time I did it two months later (after a month on a serious cleansing diet) I did pass about 25 pea-sized stones. That was a week ago and I was very pleased with the result initially. Now feeling discouraged as I am still experiencing intermittant pain in the gall-bladder region. But I plan to follow my naturopath's suggestion and continue the cleanse for another two months, with one more flush. At that time I will do an ultrasound to find out for sure if this regime has made a difference. I am really hoping to avoid surgery! On the plus side, many of my other symptoms are better, I believe as a result of the healthy diet.
This is how I was told to do the flush: to give it the best chance of success you should cleanse for a week beforehand, eating only fresh fruits, veg and grains: no fat, sugar, processed or refined food, caffeine, alcohol etc. Also drink a litre of pressed apple juice (not from concentrate) each day for 6 days beforehand. Ideally organic juice. Drink only warm or hot drinks (herbal tea, hot water with lemon).
The day of the flush, don't eat any fat or you will make yourself ill. Have plain oatmeal (with honey ok) for breakfast and rice with steamed veg for lunch. Do not eat anything after 2 pm or it may not work.
At 6 pm mix 4 tablespoons of oral Epsom Salts with three 8 fl oz glasses of filtered water in a jar. This makes 4 servings of 3/4 glass each. Drink the first portion now. It tastes really bad but you can brush your teeth afterwards. The Epsom salts dilate the bile ducts to make it easy to pass stones, so this is important. Take the 2nd serving at 8 pm. At 9.45 squeeze 3/4 glass of fresh grapefruit juice, or orange and lemon juice mixed. Put this in a jar with 1/2 cup olive oil and shake hard about 20 times until watery. You may need to visit the bathroom several times.
At 10 pm stand next to your bed and drink the olive oil and juice mixture straight down. Mixed with the grapefruit juice it tastes fine and is easy to drink. LIE DOWN STRAIGHT AWAY. This is essential to release the gallstones. You can lie on your back or your right side but make sure your head is higher than your abdomen. Lie still for at least 20 minutes and do not speak. You may feel the stones travelling along the bile ducts like marbles. I did feel this the 2nd time I did the flush, or at least I assume that's what I felt! You may feel nauseous in the night, but I found it wasn't too bad.
to be continued....
6 am next day drink your third serving of Epsom Salts. You can rest, read or meditate but stay in an upright position. At 8 am drink your last serving. You will spend most of the morning in the bathroom so don't plan on going anywhere until later in the day!
At 10 am you can drink freshly pressed juice, 30 mins later 1-2 pieces of fresh fruit and one hour later regular but light food. Eat light meals for the next few days.
I hope this is helpful as a detailed description of how to do the cleanse, even though I am not completely convinced it has worked for me, but hey it's definitely worth trying before surgery. I will post again after I get an ultrasound and report the results. I was very enouraged to read here accounts of people who did have an ultrasound scan and had actually got rid of their stones.
Best of luck and thanks Cliff for starting this discussion! Catherine
Thanks for the post Cliff.. I only have one comment for you.. and that is, please stop apologizing when someone has a post that doesn't agree with how you've gone about things. You owe them nothing. There are exceptions to anything and everything.
And on to some of the other items that I have been confused over...
Firstly, there are many posts here where someone will say "I'm getting these stones examined, I'll let you know" or "I'm getting a second Ultrasound" yet these people never return to post their results. I would think that by this point someone, somewhere would have had stones from a flush examined.. No? Especially those looking for answers..
Secondly, the argument that they are not stones but soap deposits from the Olive Oil / Lemon juice.. If this is true then how do you argue around:
1). If you use an oil that isn't green, then why do you still get green stones?
2). How do you explain the fact that after many cleanses the amount of stones drop significantly and sometimes no stones are experienced?
3). How do you explain cleanses that use no oil yet stones are purged?
4). How do you explain the removal of pain after a cleanse and a return to normal digestion?
I see NOTHING other than the beginning argument but no conclusion to any of it. No facts, no proof.
I'm not a fan of removing organs because they are non-essential. That type of medicine is lazy and haphazard. However, if you desire to undergo surgery so bad then that choice is yours, no other person, article or statement can make that choice for you.
There are also many people on here who post scare tactics.. and that's ok because that's how they do things. In the end you have to do what you are comfortable with, however, just remember that traditional medicine can be just as dangerous or even more so..since losing a gallbladder because it is the quickest solutions can leave you damages the rest of your life.. But hey, at least you went to a DOCTOR right?
And to those who have done the cleanse? Well get some proof people.. If you are going to a lab to have that stone examined then DO IT, and post your findings. If you have an Ultrasound before and after than post it. The only way for people to feel more comfortable with this is to actually work with traditional medicine to get the facts straight. I think it's ridiculous that almost every single post, website, forum, etc touts the glories of the flush but almost ZERO proof which leaves it open to speculation from the other side and you know what? It's warranted!
continued...
That being said... My research brought me here because the past two weeks have been pretty miserable from a Gallbladder standpoint. I do not believe I have a chronic issue.. I believe my stone issues are related to an extended fast (90 days) on top of a fair amount of weight loss. As I interpret it, during extreme weight loss the liver will dump cholesterol into the gallbladder. Also, not using the gallbladder for an extended period of time can cause the bile to form stones and that is how I believe I have developed them..
I'm unsure of the flush however I am definitely not in favor of the way traditional medicine handles this. I'm not going to have it removed because it has stones.. If this were kidney stones would they yank your kidneys? Doubtful... So, I am reading through all the mash and back/forth statements and just shake my head sometimes because it would be pretty simple to get some facts out of this..
So it looks like I may have to be the person to do this..but you know, in the end people will believe only what they want to believe. Simple as that.
So on to a question.. In my situation, I will have an attack when eating anything laden with fat. For me, laden with fat can be almost anything. If I stick to fruits, veggies, almond or coconut yogurt, quinoa, lentils, hemp or flax milk and mushrooms than I am ok. Anything outside of this and all bets are off.. So for those that have experienced attacks like this, were you able to sit down and properly digest fat content without an attack after performing the cleanse? Was it immediate or a gradual thing? Reason I ask? I am fairly active and coming off of a fast has left me requiring more sustenance which I cannot seem to get at the moment, so I am doing what I can until I figure out how to remedy this gallbladder. Any feedback would be great!
And Cliff? Stop apologizing! We know you're not a doctor but neither is anyone else here. :-)
I have not been diagnosed with gall stones or any other gall bladder symptoms. My sister told me about this cleanse because she is doing medical missionary work and keeps me updated with loads of natural remedies for all sorts. I thought i would try this one because i was curious to see if the "stones" that pass out are actually bright green!
I reduced my fat intake gradually to virtually zero the day before the "flush". I didnt eat a lot of apples but i made a few apple smoothies (with pear & kiwi sometimes)and drank about a litre of apple juice a day (cloudy is best, not from concentrate - but doesn't matter too much) and did the epsom salt doses (magnesium sulphate heptahydrate - dissolved in apple juice) at 8pm & 10pm with the olive oil and fresh lemon juice at midnight(shake until frothy), laying on my right side going to sleep. I just finished another (double) dose of epsom salt in apple juice about 7.30am when i felt the need to go to the toilet.
Since my main reason for doing this was to see the bright green "stones" i did collect mine. 40 fairly small and yes quite soft stones that reminded me of play doh none larger than a small marble, passed out. I had no nausea, no vomitting, no pain and the need for the loo stopped by midday. I'm looking forward to eating again (i fasted from 2pm yesterday) and I think that if people are going to do this cleanse, you just need to cut down on the oils/fats in your diet to reduce the amount you pass each time. It took me an hour and a half to read through all these posts and to be honest I skipped the last few and read the 3 latest ones to finish off.
My friend has been diagnosed with gallstones and she is in a delicate position for surgery because the procedure itself coudl kill her due to her existing health issues but she is going to try this method first. She has to go back to the doctor for another scan in mid jan so i hope i will remember to come back on here and let you know the results. She said she'd do the flush each month until the scan (not long).
And yes, I agree with Brandon - Cliff, stop apologising. I realise you may be doing so because people have not been able to read through all the posts to see what you have said many times, but just for the record guys, CLIFF IS NOT A DOCTOR AND CANNOT GIVE YOU MEDICAL ADVICE! But it is great that you have set up this forum to shar eyou experience and so that we can all share and make up our own minds.
If anyone has any other symptoms with other illnesses, just consult your doctor first and weigh up the risks in your own mind. A lot of doctors these days are mainly taught how to prescribe drugs so may not actually be that "up" on natural remedies! Plus, have they tried it themselves!? I feel fine, but like i said, i've not been diagnosed.
PLEASE PLEASE continue to post the results of your post-cleanse scans. Those are the most inspiring testimonies. Congrats to everyone who has gotten rid of their stones and symptoms. Long life & good health to you all. God bless.
Alycia
thats the way forward to helping others make a start on helping themselves
if no-one brings the information then no real steps can be made forward for some..
PLEASE post some Success stories after a flush with a recent ultrasound
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You need to realize a few things. Big stoned do not cause harm as they are too large to enter and block the bile duct unless they break down. You can diagnose the gallstone bile blockage from urine and poop color, urine will be dark tea color and poop light fair color because the dark bile will be blocked from entry to the digestive system and will be separated from the blood stream into the urinary system. I had a bile stone dislodged during an ultrasound-rare but it happens. The flush is a good practice and needs to be done by healthy people. It does not harm you. If it fails then you need to be careful because a block of the pancreatic duct is a serious issue. If symptoms do not indicate pancreatic issues then there is no life threatening risk. Educate yourselves on the difference between both. I have managed to dodge surgery since 1996. I have two doctors agreeing with my approach too.
Salim from Jordan
W C for the best part of two days, this coinsided with my annual visit to my G P who had taken a blood sample, i told him i was in a
little discomfort but typical male i did'ent make a fuss, he telephoned me in a state of panic two days later to rush me to hospital,my liver function results were off the scale, i explained to him that i knew what had happened,he did more tests and they came back clear,since then i have been taking my jollop as i call it every night and so far i havent had a recurrence. it was only when i read this blog that i wondered whether i should be taking more "jollop" or is the regularity of my small intake sufficient to ward off further attacks?.I'll keep you posted.
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Now for my results---I drank apple juice, water and only ate apples and steamed vegetable for 3 days prior to my cleanse, which all caused me pain. On the day of my cleanse I drank the apple juice and ate a bowl of oatmeal midmorning. I quit drinking any liquids at 5 that day and did a fleet enema. At 6:30 I started the yukky cocktail--1/4 cup EV olive oil and 1/8 to 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice. I did this every 15 minutes for 5 doses but couldn't make myself drink anymore for fear of it all coming back up. I also kept a piece of peppermint handy to put in my mouth just long enough to rub my on tongue to quell the gag reflex. And believe me it does help. I did as everyone recommended and sat up only to drink it down and back to laying on the right side. After that last dose I fell asleep and woke around 2 ready to go get rid of some stones!!! I never vomited, but it was a miracle I didn't. I did use the net to see if it worked and I was totally shocked. Lots of green and black "stones"-most the size of a small grape. I didn't count them, but there were plenty. No more movements the rest of the day until that afternoon, but there were lots more. I can't say I felt wonderful the first day but since then (3 days later) I feel like a new woman. If it wasn't stones, oh well. Whatever it was that came out sure has improved my "gut" problem and for that I am thankful. I plan on trying it again in a couple of months if the problems don't return just to make sure they are all cleaned out. Thanks to everyone who has posted their results because it gave me the courage to try it and thank you Cliff for starting it!!
What no one mentions here but I have read is that some people believe that gallbladder disease can be related to celiac disease. On a different site than this one there were postings of (quite a few)people who's symptoms did not disappeared after gallbladder removal. Many went on gluten free diets and got some help from that. Also it seems that new evidence suggests that people can be misdiagnosed as having IBS which can actually be celiac disease. I've had a lot of stomach pain for years and hope to find what is wrong. Now I have gallbladder pains.
I don't really want to have surgery so I'm sieving through the net for good info. Your stories on this would be great. Thank you for your blog Cliff.
Lucille on the coast of Canada
I started having problems in February of 2012. I became very ill, feeling kind of like I had the flu and was very sleepy. Then I started having pain on both sides of my rib cage, kind of in a V shape just beside the stomach. I ended up at the ER because I thought it was related to a mesh surgery I had had several years before. They immediately honed in on my gallbladder. Had a test done at the hospital that didn't show anything and they wanted me to go have some other test. Like many other people these days, I don't have insurance and could not afford to get the test, AND I did not want to have surgery. So I started doing some research and found this cleanse. The first time I did the cleanse I drank the olive oil straight and mixed the fresh squeezed lemon juice with a bit of water. (I just couldn't drink it straight). I did this before bedtime, woke up the next morning and nothing happened for a few hours. The first trip to the bathroom didn't show much. The next few definitely did and I am not kidding when I say I felt wonderful afterwards. I have not seen one post that showed anyone having similar symptoms to mine. I became ill again in August of 2012, same as before. Before the pain had time to set in I did a cleanse, this time mixing walnut oil and fresh squeezed grapefruit juice. Much easier to get down and very, very little taste of oil. Much, much easier to handle than the EVO. Again, I felt great after passing the stones.
Well, the last few days I started feelin ill again, sleepy, (slept 10and 1/2 hours last night, usually sleep no more than 6 or 7)felt flu like, thought I might have a slight cold or something. Then I remembered thinking, why do I seem to feel worse after I eat...duh..so tonight I am going to do the flush again, only adding fresh squeezed lemon juice mixed with organic apple juice after ingesting the walnut oil and grapefruit juice. I know I will have good results and look forward to feeling better. As a note, I do have a history of high cholesterol and I'm pretty sure this is why I have the problems I do. I am also a nurse, one that avoids surgery at all cost..had my appendix removed when they didn't need to be, but they had me consent to surgery after giving me two pain meds and phenergan for nausea and another surgery for uterine prolapse that sent me home with MRSA. I am terrified of surgery and would recommend that before having surgery, give this a try. If you are afraid of the duct getting blocked, get an ultrasound. I believe all of our organs are in our body are there for a reason, and I'm not letting anyone take another one if I don't have to. Good luck to all.
Patty
My throat seems restricted too now and I have a funny feeling in it.
Now I am sounding like a hypocondriac, but these are all the symtoms that I have (although the throat one could now be from anxiety perhaps as you do get worried when something is going on with your body and you just don't know what!)
I just had to put these symptoms on here and see if anyone can relate?
And I will defiantely come back with the results of my cleanse in a few days!
I am just about ready for the first dose of Epsom Salts, and am not looking forward to the next 24 hours - but here's hoping!!
I'm really nervous about doing the gall bladder cleanse but I am far more scared of having the surgery.
From what I understand everyone uses a different method of olive oil and lemon juice. What do you all use to soften the stones so it causes as minimum pain as possible? Does it hurt when it passes through? I've heard apple cider vinegar is one way. And how much of the olive oil and lemon juice do you have?
I can see that the comments have been passed for so many years. So i give it a shot after seeing all the comments. I am gonna try the Olive oil and Lime juice method this week on saturday. Will get back on Monday to post my comments again. Thanks every one for sharing your experience. I got some push to attempt this method.
Rgds,
Rags
I am gonna try this method this Saturday. Will get back with the experience. Thanks for all your kind comments
Thank you for keeping this information available. I had been suffering for 8 months when I finally read it. The attacks had gone from every three or four months to every 3 or 4 days. The flush worked for me! OMG! It has changed my life. I blended the olive oil and lemon juice the way one person suggested, and had no nausea. Since three weeks has passed and no more episodes and digestion has returned to better than three years ago when it all started to go bad.
So grateful, hope the disbelievers will just give it a try, and get healthy again.
And, yes, I'm sticking to a much healthier diet from now on.
Thanks again,
Barb V.
to a diabetic person?
need your answer asap....
A friend did the cleanse 24 hours ago, very successfully and got rid of about 50 stones. He is now getting some more pain and is going to do it again tomorrow. Is it OK to repeat the process, and is there a time limit?
Thanks.
I have a secret to share. If I wake up in the night with acidity reflux I take a table spoon of Fenugreek seeds and swallow it with water. I sleep well till next morning with no burning sensation.
Lawrence from Sri Lanka
This was first article I read. Ate apple compote and white bread and drank apple juice all day from 8am till 5pm. Then nothing till 11pm. Drank 6x1/3 cup of olive oil and 2 table spoons of lemon juice over 2 hours. Went to bed lay on right sie. Very nauseated but not vomiting. First bowel movement 6 am nothing special. Second at 9 am produced a host of little kernels. Salvaged 8, biggest 1cm diameter. Look exactly like online gallstone pictures. Maybe not all gone but no more pain for 5 days now. Awaiting ultra sound in January.
Jaap, Edinburgh, Scotland.
The only conslusion is that you are creating oil. Reports of people passinf hundreds of gallstones then flushing again and hundreds more is nonsense. The gall bladder cannot hold so many stones.
Anyone studying anatomy knows that the size of these stones claimed being passed also is incomptaible with the plumbing!
I've also had numerous friends whom have had the same tests that showed, "normal", only to have surgery and be told their Gallbladder was in terrible shape. Anyway, I'm thinking of trying the cleanse…after all, my relief came after a massive amount of "cleansing".
Way back in 2005 I was told I had gallstones. Like many people, I didn't want to go under the knife so I did this liver cleanse every three four months initially. Unfortunately, the gallstones remained and in fact increased in number! Of course, some stones did come out.
I didn't give up, but continued to drink the olive oil concoction regularly.
Finally, about four years later, I was told by the radiologist that there were no stones in my gall bladder! She didn't believe me when I told her that I had lots of them earlier. [I had gone to a different radiologist]
So, those of you who wish to try this cleanse, don't give up after one round. Sometimes, it takes a few times,
I am drinking this concoction tonite to make sure any stones that may have formed since then are expelled.
I am a surgeon myself who has done numerous Cholecystectomies(Gall bladder removal) in my last 9 yrs of practice in India . I must admit that the olive oil, lime juice epsom salts therapy works well as i have learnt from many of my patients , who are totally symptom free for many years after the flush.
I have repeated the USG on a few patients to find the gall stones still seen on sonogram, but surprisingly they were free of symptoms. ( Medical science is still arguing if asymptomatic gall stones need to be treated)
So I believe it is unethical to operate on patients when they can get relief from a simple domestic cocktail.( I know this is against the interests of my community :) )
http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/flushes.html
I am 59 yrs old and have been having gall bladder problems for the last 4 years or so. If I ate rich foods would almost always end up with a hard pad like upper abodemen and pain. I had an Ultra sound scan which showed 2 stones of around 7mm. I have been using Homeopathy for many years and decided to try to disolve the stones using Chellodinum majus tincture and China. This kept me in reasonable good condition with very little symptoms/pain. Last week however I seemed to have a flare up of the pain without having eaten any rich foods. While looking for alternate remidies came across your blog and after reading all the pro and con letters decided to try the cleanse which I did yesterday. I did not use the epsom salts as I feel it is to harsh. I fasted [ no solid food only apple juice] for the whole day yesterday and took the last drink at 5.30pm At 6.30 pm I started on the Olive oil/lime juice and managed to consume a full pint [2 cups] of OO and a cup of LJ by 8.30pm resting between the doses,lying on my right side. I ha very little feeling of nausea and did not vomit.Had my first bowel movement at midnight and was surprised that it was almost normal. Next was at 2.30 am and it was very liquid and full of "floaters" Third movement was at 5 am again liquid with floaters. I am posting this at 8 am and will update later as to my other observations and if my complaint gets better or not
regards
Arthur Steele
All in all, I was nervous to try this and was afraid I’d spend the night puking violently or with the excruciating gallbladder pain, but I’m happy to report, I had none of that. Instead, I had probably the best nights sleep I’ve had in a while. I’m going to take it easy on diet for a few days, and then maybe I’ll try a piece of pizza-a big trigger for gallbladder attacks in the last. We shall see!
Thanks for all of the comments and for everyone who shared their experience here!
First of all apologies for my poor english.
I and my brother is a seafarer and both diagnosed with gallstone. Luckily my brother is now zero gallstone as requested by his manning agency for a second ultrasound found his gallbladder empty of stone and ready to sail. He did the same as what you guys talking in this blogs specifically Flushing 10X or more as i also been doing now flushing with olive oil fresh lemon juice epsom salt apple juice with prayer and supplication cause i know this is GOD provision rather than under going for surgery as cliiffs riffs said GOD put the gallbladder with a purpose into everyones body. In the phil. Even 2 pieces of a salt like gallstone measurement company/ principal/ owner will not hire a seaman as in big NO. I am very hesitate to undergo surgical to remove my gallbladder i don’t like my gallbladder out. Thank GOD because my brother succeeded getting rid all the gallstone in his gallbladder.
Hope you guys understand my english. Peace! God is good all the time God is the same yesterday today and forever.
With this process, has anyone reported a diminishing or complete neutralization of typical symptoms of blocked gallstone and/or vile ducts? e.g. light or white stool, very dark urine?
Thanks in advance for any replies.